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Francistown, Botsuana
06:48:30 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Gaborone
Francistown
City in Botswana
Hora local atual
06:48:30 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Fuso horário
CAT
Africa/Gaborone · UTC+02:00
Próximo feriado
Labour Day
sexta-feira, 1 de maio de 2026 · Public
Sobreposição comercial agora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Francistown right now
Aeroporto mais próximo
No nearby airport
No indexed airport link is currently mapped near Francistown
Aeroportos indexados
0
Curated airport references available for Botsuana
Snapshot at render time: 06:48:30 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Francistown (UTC+02:00, CAT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
18°C, Overcast
Feels like 17°C · Humidity 92% · Wind 16 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:27 AM to 05:47 PM
Day length 11h 20m · Solar noon 12:07 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
sexta-feira, 1 de maio de 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Francistown local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
103.4K
Coordinates
-21.17, 27.51
Timezone
Africa/Gaborone
Aeroportos indexados
0
Capital
Gaborone
Languages
English, Tswana
Currency
BWP (P)
Country area
582,000 km²
Read time for Francistown from the Africa/Gaborone zone (CAT, UTC+02:00); the city carries roughly 103.4K residents and ranks #2 among curated Botsuana entries.
Francistown sits at 21.17°S, 27.51°E; that's the tropics (Southern Hemisphere, ~2350 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects small seasonal swing in sunrise and sunset.
Today the sun rises around 06:27 AM and sets around 05:47 PM in Francistown — about 11h 20m of daylight. Botsuana stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Tonota (31 km from Francistown) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with no airport pages currently indexed for Botsuana.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Labour Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Francistown.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
CAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Gaborone
UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+02:00
Burundi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other cities in this timezone
London
-1h
New York
-6h
Los Angeles
-9h
Dubai
+2h
Singapore
+6h
Tokyo
+7h
Sydney
+8h
São Paulo
-5h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Francistown.
Francistown is the second-largest city in Botswana, with a population of about 103,417 inhabitants and 147,122 inhabitants in its agglomeration at the 2022 census. It is located in eastern Botswana, about 400 kilometres (250 mi) north-northeast from the capital, Gaborone. Francistown is located at the confluence of the Tati and Ntshe rivers, and near the Shashe River and 90 kilometres (56 mi) from the international border with Zimbabwe.
Reading Francistown against the global hubs: Dubai (~5,965 km), São Paulo (~7,539 km), London (~8,519 km) are the close ones, with Los Angeles (~16,371 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Francistown sits inside Botsuana — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Gaborone, languages English, Tswana, currency BWP (P).
The closest mapped neighbors of Francistown are Tonota (31 km), Tutume (90 km), Selebi-Phikwe (96 km), Bobonong (131 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Francistown: Labour Day, Ascension Day, Sir Seretse Khama Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Botsuana.
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
The current curated airport set does not expose a nearby airport block for Francistown, so this page falls back to timezone and regional planning context instead of showing a broken travel panel.
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 05:48 AM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 12:48 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 09:48 PM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 08:48 AM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 12:48 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 01:48 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 02:48 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 01:48 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Francistown está no fuso horário Africa/Gaborone (CAT), com um deslocamento UTC de +02:00.
Francistown não está atualmente observando o Horário de Verão.
O deslocamento UTC atual para Francistown é UTC+02:00.
Francistown sits at 21.17°S, 27.51°E in Botsuana, with about 103.4K residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Francistown is Dubai, about 5,965 km away as the crow flies.
Tonota is the closest indexed city, roughly 31 km from Francistown.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Botsuana, on sexta-feira, 1 de maio de 2026.
